Sivaoans belong to Ms. Janet Kagan, the author of the Star Trek
novel, Uhura's Song. Sunset, Sunlight, Sunrise and their mother belong to
me. All Sonic the Hedgehog characters, for example, the SU, belong to their
respective owners.
AN: You don't have to have read Uhura's Song to understand this, but it might help a bit to know about Sivaoans. Too bad the book went out of print years ago.
Oh, and no flames! This is my first fic! Polite criticism is alright, but flames will just be deleted. I'd also appreciate ideas, I don't exactly know which way this story should go.
This was originally put up on Mobius Library, but last I checked, it had gone down. I don't know about now, though...
21st of September 2003: I did a bit of remodeling. The text was all one block, and a bit hard to read. Hope it's a bit easier now.
Three Suns on Mobius By Chris Atola
Sunlight to- Sallen hung form a tree by her tail, waiting for her brother, Sunset, and sister Sunrise, who were still in the tent, talking to their mother, FullMoon. "Sunset, Sunrise!" she called, "Come on, what's taking so long?"
"Coming! Don't tie your tail in a knot!" Sunlight hissed in frustration, as her siblings slowly came out of the tent. Sunset was wearing a belt with a knife; other than that, he wore no clothing, not even shoes, as Sivaoans have no need to.
Their mother called to them, "Sunlight, I want you three back home by nightfall. No buts about it!"
"But Mum..."
"I said, no buts!"
"Come on," said Sunset, "Let's go." The three kids ran off into the forest, heading for a small clearing a couple of kilometres away. About halfway there, Sunset tripped on something, causing Sunlight and Sunrise to crash into him, and land on top of him.
When they looked up, they were in an entirely different place; their surroundings were just an open plain, not a tree in sight. "I don't think we're on Sivao anymore, guys," said Sunlight, quietly, "The grass is different, look. That's not _kila_ grass, or anything like it."
"What's that?!" exclaimed Sunset, pointing with his tail toward a cloud of dust heading their way.
"I don't know, but I don't think it's anything good! Run!" all three took off, hoping to outrun whatever it was. They soon tired, though, and had to slow down, to discover that their 'tail', as it were, was now only ten metres away.
"I. can't. go much. further!" panted Sunset.
"Neither can I, but it's either running or fighting that thing!" replied Sunlight.
"I agree!" The machine was now four metres away, and ready to fire a stun weapon at the Sivaoans.
"HALT," it droned, "SURRENDER, FREEDOM FIGHTERS, AND PREPARE TO BE ROBOTICIZED AT ROBOTROPOLIS."
"What? Where?" asked the youngsters at once. Then they were knocked out by the Swatbot's blaster. They came to in transparent tubes, about half an hour later. On the other side of the glass tubes, was an extremely fat human, who was gloating about having three new prisoners.
"Let us go!" yelled Sunlight, "We didn't do anything, we're not even from this planet!"
"No, I will not let you go; I will roboticize you three. That will give me three new, even stronger workerbots!" Suddenly, there was an explosion, which shattered the glass of the tubes, allowing Sunlight, Sunrise and Sunset to escape. The explosion also sent Robotnik against the wall, leaving a large dent.
"Let's try this way!" suggested Sunrise, pointing to the left.
"No, that way!" argued Sunset, pointing to the right.
"Let's make compromise, and head the middle way," suggested Sunlight. Sunlight's choice proved the correct one, and they were out of the building in no time.
As they went deeper into the city, they saw a number of people being dragged off by Swatbots, evidently to be roboticized. The kids hid in a side alley until the Swats had passed, and then re-emerged, only to be attacked by yet another Swat.
The triplets were gearing up to fight, having exposed their claws and bared their teeth, when three forms appeared and helped them defeat the Swatbot. When the 'bot was a pile of scrap, the kids faced their rescuers, three hedgehogs.
"Who are you kids, and why do you keep getting attacked by Swats?" asked the blue one.
"Kids? We're fifteen years old! Just about ready to Walk!" exclaimed Sunset.
"We're Sivaoans," cut in Sunlight, "My name's Sunlight, this is Sunset, and this is Sunrise. We got thrown here from Sivao, for some reason, and got captured by a really fat human, who wanted to roboticize us. There was an explosion, though, which broke the tubes. We got out, and here we are! Do you know how we could get home? Mum's probably tied her tail in a knot by now!" She looped her tail at the thought of her mother with a knotted tail.
AN: You don't have to have read Uhura's Song to understand this, but it might help a bit to know about Sivaoans. Too bad the book went out of print years ago.
Oh, and no flames! This is my first fic! Polite criticism is alright, but flames will just be deleted. I'd also appreciate ideas, I don't exactly know which way this story should go.
This was originally put up on Mobius Library, but last I checked, it had gone down. I don't know about now, though...
21st of September 2003: I did a bit of remodeling. The text was all one block, and a bit hard to read. Hope it's a bit easier now.
Three Suns on Mobius By Chris Atola
Sunlight to- Sallen hung form a tree by her tail, waiting for her brother, Sunset, and sister Sunrise, who were still in the tent, talking to their mother, FullMoon. "Sunset, Sunrise!" she called, "Come on, what's taking so long?"
"Coming! Don't tie your tail in a knot!" Sunlight hissed in frustration, as her siblings slowly came out of the tent. Sunset was wearing a belt with a knife; other than that, he wore no clothing, not even shoes, as Sivaoans have no need to.
Their mother called to them, "Sunlight, I want you three back home by nightfall. No buts about it!"
"But Mum..."
"I said, no buts!"
"Come on," said Sunset, "Let's go." The three kids ran off into the forest, heading for a small clearing a couple of kilometres away. About halfway there, Sunset tripped on something, causing Sunlight and Sunrise to crash into him, and land on top of him.
When they looked up, they were in an entirely different place; their surroundings were just an open plain, not a tree in sight. "I don't think we're on Sivao anymore, guys," said Sunlight, quietly, "The grass is different, look. That's not _kila_ grass, or anything like it."
"What's that?!" exclaimed Sunset, pointing with his tail toward a cloud of dust heading their way.
"I don't know, but I don't think it's anything good! Run!" all three took off, hoping to outrun whatever it was. They soon tired, though, and had to slow down, to discover that their 'tail', as it were, was now only ten metres away.
"I. can't. go much. further!" panted Sunset.
"Neither can I, but it's either running or fighting that thing!" replied Sunlight.
"I agree!" The machine was now four metres away, and ready to fire a stun weapon at the Sivaoans.
"HALT," it droned, "SURRENDER, FREEDOM FIGHTERS, AND PREPARE TO BE ROBOTICIZED AT ROBOTROPOLIS."
"What? Where?" asked the youngsters at once. Then they were knocked out by the Swatbot's blaster. They came to in transparent tubes, about half an hour later. On the other side of the glass tubes, was an extremely fat human, who was gloating about having three new prisoners.
"Let us go!" yelled Sunlight, "We didn't do anything, we're not even from this planet!"
"No, I will not let you go; I will roboticize you three. That will give me three new, even stronger workerbots!" Suddenly, there was an explosion, which shattered the glass of the tubes, allowing Sunlight, Sunrise and Sunset to escape. The explosion also sent Robotnik against the wall, leaving a large dent.
"Let's try this way!" suggested Sunrise, pointing to the left.
"No, that way!" argued Sunset, pointing to the right.
"Let's make compromise, and head the middle way," suggested Sunlight. Sunlight's choice proved the correct one, and they were out of the building in no time.
As they went deeper into the city, they saw a number of people being dragged off by Swatbots, evidently to be roboticized. The kids hid in a side alley until the Swats had passed, and then re-emerged, only to be attacked by yet another Swat.
The triplets were gearing up to fight, having exposed their claws and bared their teeth, when three forms appeared and helped them defeat the Swatbot. When the 'bot was a pile of scrap, the kids faced their rescuers, three hedgehogs.
"Who are you kids, and why do you keep getting attacked by Swats?" asked the blue one.
"Kids? We're fifteen years old! Just about ready to Walk!" exclaimed Sunset.
"We're Sivaoans," cut in Sunlight, "My name's Sunlight, this is Sunset, and this is Sunrise. We got thrown here from Sivao, for some reason, and got captured by a really fat human, who wanted to roboticize us. There was an explosion, though, which broke the tubes. We got out, and here we are! Do you know how we could get home? Mum's probably tied her tail in a knot by now!" She looped her tail at the thought of her mother with a knotted tail.